Another Great Workshop

     Tonight at Tell it Slant, Ed Madden had us work on three exercises. The overarching theme was how abstractions become concrete. i will tell you about the first exercise, and then share a neat poem I learned about.

     Make a list of abstractions, and then a list of characters, fictional or real.

      Love   Beauty  Truth Passion Envy

      Winston Churchill  Batman   Wonder Woman  Homer Simpson  Romeo

      and then start a poem in the form of.... When Passion came as Homer Simpson....

      Here is a link to the exquisite "The Weight of Sweetness" by Yi -Young Lee. My wife and I saw only yesterday some peaches very ripe for picking in some of the many orchards in our part of South Carolina.

http://gunrae.blogspot.com/2012/05/most-creative-weight-of-sweetness-by-li.html